Monument record M4163 - WINDMILL MOUND AT LAXTON

Summary

WINDMILL? (Medieval to Post Medieval)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 72656 66756 (63m by 61m)
Map sheet SK76NW
District Newark
Civil Parish Laxton, Newark

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Full Description

A mound with a large enclosing ditch - N of the Laxton-Moorhouse road - carried a mill according to local tradition. (1)
A mill mound, grass covered and standing in a sea of corn. The mound has a max height of 1.7m; the ditch has an apparent depth of 0.3m. (2)
See M4157 for Laxton village and cross refs.


<1> Thoroton Society, 1939, TTS, p 11 (Published document). SNT356.

<2> Colquhoun FD, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT582.

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  • <1> Published document: Thoroton Society. 1939. TTS. 43. p 11.
  • <2> Personal comment: Colquhoun FD. 1974. Pers Comm.

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Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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